Joshua Powling

Reporting of potholes on West Sussex roads has halved in the past year.

West Sussex County Council figures show that 1,178 were fixed last month down from 2,360 in June 2014.

John O'Brien Inspecting the new and improved road surface at Wheatstone Close, Crawley (photo submitted). SUS-150728-111457001

According to the authority its two-year £30m Better Roads Programme, launched in 2014 to target rural and residential roads in need of repair, has played a key role in this drop.

John O’Brien (Con, East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood), WSCC’s cabinet member for highways and transport, said: “We know how frustrating it is to be confronted by potholes on your street whenever you leave for work or return home.

“So it is reassuring the data is telling us that our road network is improving.

“When we first started this project, almost a quarter of our rural and residential roads were in need of major repair.